January 27, 2023 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR
(Source: The Gazette, January 26, 2023) A state law advanced Thursday by a three-member panel of House lawmakers would limit the length of freight trains traveling through Iowa. The subcommittee voted unanimously to forward House Study Bill 88 to the full House...
January 13, 2023 | Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 11, 2023) U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) has been named chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) for the 118th Congress. Graves has served as the committee’s ranking Republican member for...
December 28, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Radio Iowa, December 26, 2022) Unions that represent rail workers are lobbying for a state law that would limit the length of trains. A federal report found the length of trains increased 25 percent between 2008 and 2017. There is currently no limit in state...
September 29, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 29, 2022) U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced a bill this week seeking to better define railroads’ common-carrier rules and establishing criteria for the Surface Transportation Board to consider when assessing complaints...
September 13, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, National Negotiations 2019
(Source: Roll Call, September 12, 2022) Sens. Richard M. Burr and Roger Wicker introduced a joint resolution Monday that would require unions and freight railroads to accept the recommendations of a presidential emergency board to avert a strike or lockout that could...
August 9, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, STB
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, August 8, 2022) Railroads would be prohibited from raising prices during service emergencies under a legislative package introduced this week meant to address the delays and high costs that have dragged down shipper operations for months....
August 9, 2022 | Legislation, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, August 9 — BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce has appointed Brother Sean P. Simon of BLET Division 226 (Newark, New Jersey), to serve the BLET as Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, effective July 25, 2022. As the Director of...
August 4, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, STB
(Source: House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee press release, August 3, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act, introduced earlier today by Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M....
August 4, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 3, 2022) An Ohio congressman has introduced a bill which would allow trainees for railroad jobs to complete some aspects of their training online. Full story: Trains Magazine
August 3, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 2, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board would get more teeth under a shipper-friendly bill that would reauthorize the agency that regulates freight railroads. The Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act, introduced Tuesday, would give...
